Silence of the North (1981)
- Starring:
- Ellen Burstyn, Tom Skerritt, (more)
- Director(s):
- Allan King
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Based on a true story, this film follows the trials and tragedies that befall Walter Reamer (Tom Skerritt) and his wife, Olive (Ellen Burstyn), as they struggle to create a home and raise a family in the brutal Canadian frontier of 1919. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Ellen Burstyn - Olive Fredrickson
- Gordon Pinsent - John Fredrickson
- Donna Dobrijevic - Vala Reamer
- Chapelle Jaffe - John's Girlfriend
- Murray Westgate - Doctor
- Booth Savage - Flyer
- Sean McCann - Man on Soup Line
- Richard W. Farrell - John Goodwin
- Tom McEwen
- Lynda Mason Green
- Brian Fustukian
- Larry Musser
- Janet Amos
- Larry Reynolds - Auctioneer
- Thomas Hauff - Billy
- Tom Skerritt - Walter Reamer
- Jennifer McKinney - Little Olive
- Colin Fox - Arthur Herriott
- Ken Pogue - Wild Man
- Ken James - Ralph
- Louis Banks - Louis
- Frank Adamson - Trapper
- David Fox - Lea Goodwin
- Frank C. Turner - Young Man
- Graham McPherson
- Frank Gay
- Robert Clothier
- Sean Sullivan
- Tom Harvey
- Kay Hawtry
- Director(s):
- Allan King
- Writer(s):
- Walon Green, Patricia Knop
- Producer(s):
- Robert Baylis, Murray Shostak
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence)
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- 1982 - Silence of the North - Genie Awards - Best Cinematography
- 1982 - Silence of the North - Genie Awards - Best Song
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